Cross Town Cookies Is an All-Equity Firm with a Total

question 76

Multiple Choice

Cross Town Cookies is an all-equity firm with a total market value of $720,000.The firm has 150,000 shares of stock outstanding.Management is considering issuing $200,000 of debt at an interest rate of 7 percent and using the proceeds to repurchase shares.The projected earnings before interest and taxes are $58,600.What are the anticipated earnings per share if the debt is issued? Ignore taxes.

• A)$0.25
• B)$0.33
• C)$0.38
• D)$0.41
• E)$0.47

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